I use a file alb.rmd the same way Karen uses her test.txt file. I find
the advantage to the rmd format is that I can use RSTYLE on it and it
catches some of my typos. With my initials, it is always at the top of
the File Open list. I actually picked this up from Howard Simon when I
was working with him.
Albert
On 2016-05-06 6:36 AM, karentellef via RBASE-L wrote:
But when you're comparing copy/paste between DOS and Windows, you're
forgetting a HUGE benefit in Windows, one that saves me massive
amounts of time and frustration! If you paste or type something at
the R> prompt in windows and you made an error and need to fix
something -- in Windows you simply click to where the error is,
correct the error and press [enter]! In DOS, you had to use a
backwards cursor to get back to the point of error, correct the error,
then go back to the _end_ of the line and press [enter]. If we all
had a dollar for every time in DOS we simply hit [enter] without going
to the end of the line.....
If it's just 1 or 2 continuation characters, I simply delete them
after I paste into the r> prompt. I find the 4-key hot key combo
takes me longer to do than the character delete! If it's a really
long command, I always have a "test.txt" file that I paste commands
in, and I simply run that
Karen
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael <[email protected]>
To: RBASE-L <[email protected]>
Cc: rbytes <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, May 5, 2016 4:00 pm
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [RBASE-L] - Pasting a Multi-line command at the R>
Rehan & Bruce,
Thanks for your reply, which reminded me of the new feature of Copy
Command (i.e. copy without continuation characters). However, both
your answers miss the mark and I am left without a solution to the
basic problem: a properly constructed, multiline statement fails to
work at the R> (tho it works fine run within a command file).
By my estimation, that lack of functionality itself and alone would
more than double development/proofing time on everything. For
conversion of a large working database, that means I'm more likely to
just retire than finish converting my main database. Or do my testing
where possible back in DOS, where such things work.
It also means that lengthy code must be converted in format in order
to test it at the R>, with all the problems of proofing after the fact
given differences in formatting. Seems to me that a "Paste Command"
that strips out continuation characters (as a workaround to RBase's
apparent failure here) would be more appropriate than a Copy Command
that works only in RBEdit.
So, again: why does a properly structured, multiline command fail with
a spurious syntax error at the R>? That is the core issue.
I'm hearing that "it just doesn't work, period." And in that I'm
seeing a huge lack of functionality. So, Bruce, someday I hope to have
greater confidence in RB Windows. Thus far, I've mostly seen key
functionality such as this disappear, making progress to the point of
harnessing the program's great power very tedious & slow -- and
possibly not even cost-effective.
Mike
On Friday, April 29, 2016 at 7:30:02 AM UTC-7, rbytes wrote:
Michael:
There's a keyboard shortcut for that:
1. Highlight your multi-line command in the editor;
2. Use [Ctrl-Shift-Alt-C] instead of [Ctrl-C];
3. Paste at the R> Prompt with [Ctrl-V].
You will NOT be disappointed with the functionality of R:BASE in
Windows.
Bruce Chitiea
SafeSectors, Inc.
909.238.9012 mobile
------ Original Message ------
Sent: 4/28/2016 11:46:30 PM
Subject: Re: [RBASE-L] - Pasting a Multi-line command at the R>
From: "'rehan wyne' via RBASE-L" <[email protected]
<about:blank>>
To: "[email protected] <about:blank>"
<[email protected] <about:blank>>
Cc:
Micheal,
Type your multi line command in R> prompt and let it warp itself,
do not use '+' sign to tell the interpreter / compiler that it is
a multi line command, just press 'enter' at the end of command to
execute it.
Secondly, eliminate '+' sign from ur multi line command in R>
prompt, pasted from a command file, it will work.
Rehan Wyne
On Friday, April 29, 2016 10:59 AM, Michael <[email protected]
<about:blank>> wrote:
My first post to this group. Newbie to Rbase X 32bit from the cozy
DOS world, but I have a question about the most basic
functionality (or lack).
How does one cut & paste a multi-line command to the R> prompt to
test the command (or execute it one-off)? I can paste the command,
but every command I've tried throws an error. And then command
history corrupts the formatting of the pasted command on recall.
I first found this copying some help screen examples. But even
using something a simple as
Show +
Variables
results in a spurious error (sometimes Invalid parameter, usually
syntax error).
And this type of mess when recalled from history: Show +Variables
I've seen that syntax executed in a command file works fine, but
when the identical syntax is pasted, it does not work with the
errors noted above.
Testing at the R> is an essential function. But does it work? How?
Thanks for any help.
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